Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-13
The CaterDillarS.

MR.. SMITH REPORTS WHAT THE PARKING COMMIS-
SION is DOING.
Mr.. VIM. r. Smith, chairman OF the parking
commission, has submitted to Engineer Commits
s1oner Ludlow report in which he details
methods for the determination OF the caterpillers
which have so largely infested the trees every sea-
son. Last year, Mr.. Smith states, although there
were great numbers Of these insects hardly more
than three out OF every ten hundred caterpillerS
escaped destruction by the parasites. 1t is not
expected, therefore, that there viii be many this
year. For some time the WOrkmen employed by
the parking commission have devoted their atten-
ton to cutting down the cOcOOns OF the drop
worm, and the trees are now free from this par
ticular pest. Mr.. Smith says OF the lent cater
pler or which there was majority last year, that
the best way to get rid OF them is to cut out the
nests On their first appearance. II this cannot
well be DONE then they should be sprayed with
Paris green and London purple, but 1t is almost
hopeless TO keep the trees in the streets clear OF
these insects when the gaps which have been
made In their ranks by the destroyer are filled up
from the trees in the yards of private houses The
trees most liable to be infested the white pop.
lar and the aSh-eaved maple or the latter no
trees have been set out for several years past
While none OF the white pOplarS have been set out
during the last seventeen years. and the old trees
OF this Kind are being rapidly removed. Over one
thousand OF them have been cut out during the
last twelve months, and the work will be con-
tinued Until every Objectionable tree is removed
SUNDAY BAR CAsEs.-James Kelly, who keeps a
saloon on the 7th-street road, was charged in the
Police Court to-day by Officer Slack with violating
the Sunday law. He failed to appear and Mr.
Padgett asked that his collateral So be forfeited
and that an attachment be issued ior him. The
court granted the request, and an attachment was
sent out for the defendant. This was done In
order that the Government might secure the
record OF conviction against the defendant
In the case OF Samuel GaSSenheimer, the saloon.
keeper at Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street
charged with failing to keep his bar closed last
Sunday, 4 nOtte pros. was entered. Mr.. GaSSen-
heimer had seen Commissioner Webb about his
case Saturday and kept his place open for the pur-
pose OF serving meals, under instructions received
from that official.
SLEEPING BERTHs ON SLIDEs.-The model of an
1ngeniously combined parior and sleeping car has
been On exhibition at the Office Of Mr. Shipley
Brashears on eth street, for some time Arrange
ments have been made for the construction OF q
car OF full size, when a practical trial Will be
made. The sleeping compartment Of the car
during the day or when the berthS are all made
up, mas the comfortable appearance OF an ordinary
parl0r car. When night comes the chairs or
lounges are folded down against the floor The
berths are on slides that store them in a compact
Jack-1n-the-boX form, in narrow closets at each
end OF the compartment. They can be quickly
adjusted and run out upon the slides. Among the
advantages claimed for the is the lightness OF
the construction 1t is held, also, that the upper
berths Will be as safe and desirable as the lower
ones: The car is the invention Of Mr. w. J.
brashears Parlor and Sleeping Car Company. has
men being among the officers and stockholders